Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.